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Oracles   -   Feb 28, 2026 Reputation Is Not Static. In Can Be Shorted On Ethos
Ethos reputations

Ethos turns credibility into an on-chain market. By blending XP-based participation, capital-backed vouching, and invite-bonded trust graphs, it attempts to price reputation itself. One year in, the experiment reveals both the promise—and the fragility—of financializing trust in crypto

Alex Harutunian
Blockchain   -   Feb 03, 2026 What Vitalik Buterin Wants To Change In Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin Ethereum improvement simplicity

Vitalik Buterin’s recent posts reflect a shift from idealistic decentralization toward pragmatic system design. Rather than rejecting Ethereum’s core principles, he questions where complexity, governance, and the current development path fail under real-world constraints.

Alex Harutunian
L1   -   Jan 14, 2026 Hyperliquid’s Vertical Evolution
Hyperliquid's vertically integrated ambition

Hyperliquid is evolving from a perp DEX into a vertically integrated financial stack. By launching its own L1, native stablecoin, and spot markets, it prioritizes market fit over ideology. Started on Arbitrum, its roadmap reveals a larger ambition: to become the global base layer for all trading.

Alex Harutunian
Coins and tokens   -   Nov 25, 2025 The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls
The Crypto Seesaw: One Move, Everyone Falls

Triggered by a routine macro shock, crypto once again unraveled faster than any other market. Not because of sentiment alone, but because CEX risk engines, DEX liquidation incentives, and always-on leverage turn small moves into cascading stress.

Alex Harutunian
Lending and Borrowing   -   Oct 03, 2025 DeFi’s Role in Future Banking: Root System or Branch Office?
DeFi’s Role in Future Banking: Root System or Branch Office

DeFi is moving from standalone apps into the backend of exchanges, with Coinbase and Crypto.com leading by embedding Morpho’s lending vaults. This “embedded DeFi” model raises a key question: are exchanges becoming banks, or just UIs? The answer will define DeFi’s role in future banking.

Alex Harutunian
Ethos reputations
Oracles   -   Feb 28, 2026 Reputation Is Not Static. In Can Be Shorted On Ethos

Ethos turns credibility into an on-chain market. By blending XP-based participation, capital-backed vouching, and invite-bonded trust graphs, it attempts to price reputation itself. One year in, the experiment reveals both the promise—and the fragility—of financializing trust in crypto

Alex Harutunian
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Adoption   -   Dec 26, 2023 Bitcoin and Crypto Valid Payment Options in Argentina But at What Cost
Bitcoin and Crypto Valid Payment Options in Argentina But at What Cost

Bitcoin has been caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time. While trying to solve an economic crisis, the new Argentinian president has sown the conditions for social chaos.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Newsletters   -   Dec 24, 2023 Sunday Review 24/12/2023
Observers Sunday Review

So, this Sunday Review comes to you on Christmas Eve, and while not everybody in the world celebrates the holiday, it can be hard to avoid the festivities completely. But what has been leaving presents under the tree, and what will be taken straight back to the shops on Boxing

Jack Martin
Ethereum   -   Dec 24, 2023 StarkWare Partnership Gives Avail Traction in Data Availability Sector
StarkWare Partnership Gives Avail Traction in Data Availability Sector

Their collaboration is set to address the critical challenge of data availability, a key factor in advancing Starknet’s scalability.

Alexander Mardar
Web3   -   Dec 24, 2023 Can Web3 Change The Music Industry? Base And Sound Think So
Can Web3 Change The Music Industry? Base And Sound Think So

A new partnership between Coinbase's Layer2 blockchain Base and Web3 music platform Sound.xyz aims to build a different music industry on-chain.

Eva Senzaj Pauram
Banking CBDC Roundup   -   Dec 23, 2023 Banking and CBDC Weekend Roundup 23/12/2023
Banking and CBDC Roundup Observers

For all the key details of new blockchain projects in the banking world, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and central bank digital currency (CBDC) updates, the Observers 'Banking and CBDC Roundup' has you covered. It has been a reasonably quiet week in the banking and CBDC sector, with much

Jack Martin
Regulation   -   Dec 23, 2023 France Grants Crypto Service Provider Licences to Coinbase and Circle
France Grants Crypto Service Provider Licences to Coinbase and Circle

The two U.S. crypto giants are part of a wave of companies embracing the more crypto-friendly attitude of European authorities.

Sasha Markevich
Bankruptcy   -   Dec 23, 2023 $1B of Three Arrows Capital Founders Assets Subject to Global Freeze
$1B of Three Arrows Capital Founders Assets Subject to Global Freeze

A court in the British Virgin Islands has reportedly issued a global freezing order of assets belonging to Su Zhu and Kyle Davies.

Sasha Markevich
Solana   -   Dec 22, 2023 Solana's Phantom Wallet Adds BTC Support and Trezor Now Supports Solana
Solana's Phantom Wallet Adds BTC Support and Trezor Now Supports Solana

Phantom has further expanded its services beyond Solana to include Bitcoin, Ordinals, and BRC-20 tokens. In parallel, Trezor has updated its hardware wallets to support Solana and SPL tokens.

Mathilde Adam
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